Louis Fan (actor)

Louis Fan (actor)
Louis Fan Siu-wong (born 19 June 1973) is a Chinese actor and martial artist. He is best known worldwide for his starring role as Ricky in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) and as Jin Shanzhao in Ip Man (2008) and Ip Man 2 (2010), as well as roles in numerous television series produced by TVB.
Biography
Fan is the son of Fan Mei-sheng, an actor contracted to the Shaw Brothers Studio. When he was 14, his father sent him to Xuzhou, China, to learn gymnastics and wushu.
After completing his studies, Fan returned to the Hong Kong film industry, and starred in Stanley Tong's Stone Age Warriors (1991). In 1992, at the age of 18, Fan portrayed the titular character in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, a Hong Kong film based on the manga Riki-Oh. He claims that the director and producers of the film met him at the Hong Kong Airport upon arrival and immediately offered him the role. Being a young, up-and-coming actor, he took the role without knowing what it was. He later said he was shocked to discover how bloody and violent the Riki-Oh manga was.
Fan was a contract artiste under the Hong Kong television station TVB throughout the 1990s, and he starred in several television dramas, including Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997) and Young Hero Fang Shiyu (1999). He left TVB in the 2000s, and appeared in several Taiwanese and mainland Chinese television series before focusing on films.
One of his most memorable film performances in the 2000s was as Jin Shanzhao, the tough Northern martial artist in the 2008 martial arts film Ip Man, which starred Donnie Yen as Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. Fan's performance in Ip Man earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2009. He reprised his role as Jin Shanzhao in Ip Man 2, the 2010 sequel to Ip Man. He also portrayed a new character in The Legend Is Born – Ip Man (2010), another movie about Yip Man that is unrelated to Ip Man and Ip Man 2.
In 2018, Fan made his proper Hollywood movie debut in the film Attrition (2018) starring alongside Steven Seagal as an ally helping Seagal's character to take down a human trafficking cartel in Thailand.
Personal life
Louis has a daughter, and a son named Alan, from his previous girlfriend; they broke up in 2002. In 2012, he began dating actress and singer JJ Jia. After announcing their engagement, the two were married on January 1, 2016 in a private ceremony in Hong Kong. In November 2017, they had a daughter, nicknamed Little Rice Bowl.
Filmography
Film
Amsterdam Connection (1978) - Fannie's Little Brother
Descendant of the Sun (1983)
The Master Strikes Back (1985) - Tung Hsiao Feng
Goodbye Mammie (1986)
Immortal Story (1986) - Li Wen Chi (teenager)
Righting Wrongs (1986) - Yu Chi-Wen / Sammy
Silent Love (1986) - Little Dragon
Dragons of the Orient (1988)
Stone Age Warriors (1991) - Lung Fei
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) - Riki-Oh Saiga
Chu sheng zhi du (1993)
Once a Cop (1993) - Alan Wong
Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (1994) - Tak
Master of Zen (1994) - Son Kwong / Wei Ho
Fearless Match (1994)
Portrait of a Serial Rapist (1994) - Policeman
Water Tank Murder Mystery (1994)
Chak wong (1995) - Smarty
Twist (1995, Short)
Informer (1995)
The Death Games (1997)
Unbeatables (2000)
Huo wu yao yang (2001)
Spy Gear (2001)
The Story of Freeman (2001) - Loon
Legend of Black Mask (2001) - Yung Chi Lieh / Death
Shadow Mask (2001) - Fu Tien-Ming / Shadow Mask
Hei se lei tai (2002) - Alex Wong
Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002) - Bai Xiao Hu
Invincible (2003)
Lethal Cop (2003)
Hot & Spicy (2003)
The Boxing King (2003)
Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004) - Hak / Brother Black
Kung Fu Fighter (2007) - Sam Long
Wu Seng (2007) - Yang Wu
Shao Lin jiang shi tian ji (2007) - Dragon Zhao / Steed Zhao
The Moss (2008) - Beggar
Connected (2008) - Tong
Butterfly Lovers (2008)
Ip Man (2008) - Jin
Give Love (2009)
Kung Fu Chefs (2009) - Wong Kai Joe
On His Majesty's Secret Service (2009) - Lord Unicorn
Split Second Murders (2009) - Brother Guo
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010) - Zhang Fei
Beauty on Duty! (2010) - Donnie Yuen
Future X-Cops (2010) - Kalong
Ip Man 2 (2010) - Jin Shan Zhao / Kam Shan-Chau
The Legend is Born – Ip Man (2010) - Ip Tin-chi / Tanaka Eiketsu
Flirting Scholar 2 (2010) - Grand Master
A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) - Ha Suet Fung Lui
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011) - Ma Jinliang
Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu (2011)
On My Way (2012)
Palace (2012)
Wu Dang (2012) - Shui Heyi
Pay Back (2013)
The Monkey King (2014) - Juling Shen
Unbeatable Youth (2014)
Fight for Glory (2014)
Kung Fu Jungle (aka Kung Fu Killer) (2014) - Hung Yip
Bounty Hunters (2016) - Bao Bao
Return of Wukong (2017)
The Bravest Escort Group (2018)
Te zhong shi ming (2018) - Wuyou
The Big Holy Demon (2018)
Monster Undersea (2018)
Monster Undersea 2 (2018)
Attrition (2018) - Chen Man
The Great Sage Sun Wukong (2019) - Sun Wukong
Nocturnal Girl (2019)
Big Trouble in Dragon Palace (2019)
Taoist Master (2020)
Taoist Master: Kylin (2020)
Television
Fist of Power (1995)
The Hitman Chronicles (1996)
Justice Sung (1997)
Weapons of Power (1997)
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997) - Hui-juk
The New Shaolin Temple (1998)
Young Hero Fong Sai Yuk (1999) - Hong Xiguan
In the Realm of Fancy (2003)
Xin Yi Jian Mei (2009)
Beijing Love Story (2011)
The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (2012)
Beauties of the Emperor (2012) - Zi Ren
The Bride with White Hair (2012)
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2015)
Legend of Zu Mountain (2015)
The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Sabre (2019)
See also
Hong Kong action cinema
Cinema of China
References
External links
Louis Fan on Weibo
Siu Wong Fan at Douban
Separately listed as: .
Louis Fan on HK Cinemagic
1973 births
Living people
Hong Kong people of Shandong descent
20th-century Hong Kong male actors
21st-century Hong Kong male actors
Hong Kong male film actors
Hong Kong wushu practitioners